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DOD spent $13.4 billion on 249 individual contracts...IN MAY!
Posted on 7/6/14 at 1:39 pm
Posted on 7/6/14 at 1:39 pm
Military Industrial Complex at work.
See the breakdown here.
Does this seem excessive or do you consider this a solid use of our tax dollars?
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The Pentagon issues a jumbled list of contracts every business day around 5:00PM local time. Our project distills an entire month of these contracts into an accessible form. The Department of Defense (DOD) spent at least $13,443,306,335 on 249 individual contracts during May 2014.
See the breakdown here.
Does this seem excessive or do you consider this a solid use of our tax dollars?
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Posted on 7/6/14 at 1:44 pm to TX Tiger
I don't like the term "inefficient use of tax dollars" anymore. "Exuberant use of counterfeit Federal Reserve Notes" is a more accurate term.
Posted on 7/6/14 at 1:44 pm to TX Tiger
So, the deals with foreign govts. Does the US act as a broker in these deals, i.e. does the US give money to the contractors and then collect the paid amount from the foreign govt that received the products?
Posted on 7/6/14 at 1:53 pm to TX Tiger
Drones must sparkle. Stars and Stripes, FREEEEEEEEDOM.
Mercenaries are expensive on the front end, dirt cheap on the back end. This is how we will deal with the VA.
Mercenaries are expensive on the front end, dirt cheap on the back end. This is how we will deal with the VA.
Posted on 7/6/14 at 2:22 pm to TX Tiger
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The Department of Defense (DOD) spent at least $13,443,306,335 on 249 individual contracts during May 2014.
Smallest amount in at least a year (that's how far I went back):
June '13 - $ 45.0B
July '13 - $ 16.0B
August '13 - $ 30.3B
Sept '13 - $ 63.1B
Oct '13 - $ 14.4B
Nov '13 - $ 29.0B
Dec '13 - $ 26.0B
Jan '14 - $ 15.5B
Feb '14 - $ 32.6B
March '14 - $ 34.7B
April '14 - $ 29.2B
May '14 - $ 13.4B
(Source - Boiling Frog,same as OP's link)
This post was edited on 7/6/14 at 2:29 pm
Posted on 7/6/14 at 2:29 pm to upgrayedd
quote:If so, where's my refund check?
Does the US act as a broker in these deals, i.e. does the US give money to the contractors and then collect the paid amount from the foreign govt that received the products?
No, it looks like that may fall under the broad fund, "Foreign Aid."
Posted on 7/6/14 at 2:32 pm to NHTIGER
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The Department of Defense (DOD) spent at least $13,443,306,335 on 249 individual contracts during May 2014.
Smallest amount in at least a year (that's how far I went back):
June '13 - $ 45.0B
July '13 - $ 16.0B
August '13 - $ 30.3B
Sept '13 - $ 63.1B
Oct '13 - $ 14.4B
Nov '13 - $ 29.0B
Dec '13 - $ 26.0B
Jan '14 - $ 15.5B
Feb '14 - $ 32.6B
March '14 - $ 34.7B
April '14 - $ 29.2B
May '14 - $ 13.4B
'Murika!
Posted on 7/6/14 at 3:13 pm to TX Tiger
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No, it looks like that may fall under the broad fund, "Foreign Aid."
If this is the case, I have a hard time believing that Saudi Arabia can't maintain their own fleet of F-15's or Japan can't foot the bill for their own missile defense system.
Posted on 7/6/14 at 3:18 pm to TX Tiger
What the hell is going on in Central Africa?
I know AAR is what became of Blackwater's air arm.
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AAR Airlift Group, Inc. received $8,529,906 for dedicated rotary wing services in the Central Africa Region (Uganda, Central Africa Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan)
I know AAR is what became of Blackwater's air arm.
quote:
MELBOURNE, Florida, July 1, 2014 – AAR (NYSE: AIR) announces its Airlift division has commenced operations in Central Africa to provide dedicated fixed-wing lift services to U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM) under a contract with U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM). AAR Airlift is providing passenger and cargo transportation services, aerial delivery and logistics support for allied forces. The contract is valued at approximately $23 million, inclusive of all optional task orders.
This post was edited on 7/6/14 at 3:29 pm
Posted on 7/6/14 at 6:46 pm to upgrayedd
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So, the deals with foreign govts. Does the US act as a broker in these deals, i.e. does the US give money to the contractors and then collect the paid amount from the foreign govt that received the products?
Sometimes yes, sometimes no.
In some cases, we are the broker and we collect from the foreign government (in addition to the sales price) a fee to administer the contracts.
In other cases, we also provide the funding along with the above.
But there are times when (with approval of DoS) the foreign government can deal directly with the contractor themselves. In those cases, it's no different than any other commercial sale to a private party (except for the approval to sell the items).
Posted on 7/6/14 at 6:55 pm to Navytiger74
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So much truth to this.
Posted on 7/6/14 at 6:55 pm to Wolfhound45
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So much truth to this.
Posted on 7/6/14 at 7:28 pm to TX Tiger
I got mine! 
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